Loosen up regulations, but allow everyone to be accountable again, and common law will sort it out.
Loosen up regulations, but allow everyone to be accountable again, and common law will sort it out.
But, from my perspective most of what’s going on gets zero attention because it’s boring. I know a lot of small farmers who aren’t struggling because that’s not their primary income it’s just a hobby / lifestyle. Making or losing a few grand per year on a hobby just isn’t that strange, but toss growing food into the mix and people assume it’s more meaningful. Larger operations are run like any other business and some of them fail through mismanagement just like any other businesses.
Automation/economies of scale + government subsidies + many farmers having massive amounts of specialized knowledge and skills vs what amounts to subsistence agriculture is just wildly in favor of large scale operations.
This also works in reverse, (2) artificially destroying the pricing mechanism, and externalizing costs to the taxpayer.
1) https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/artic...
2) https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/the-bitter-impact-of-foreign...
Hunting by comparison has a vastly better ROI if you want some food independence.